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Responding officers found a trail of blood leading to Sewell, according to a police report obtained by AJC.com. She was found sitting on a chair in her bathroom, going in and out of consciousness.

Sewell had a four- to six-inch gash on her arm and her skull was visible through another wound on her head, according to the report.

She was taken to an area hospital.

Sewell later told police she and Whatley were discussing their relationship and he became upset.

When she told him she wouldn’t take him back, he reportedly said, “If (I) can't have (you), then nobody else will.” He also told her she would see her mother, who had died, before he pulled a machete from underneath his shirt, police said.